By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 30 March 2007 A key Republican lawmaker and strong voice in Congress on human rights issues is condemning the sentencing of a leading Vietnamese dissident and four other democracy activists on charges of anti-government a

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As a result of the disruption of gas supplies to the European Union from Russia, Turkey is now positioning itself as an alternative route for energy with the proposed Nabucco pipeline. But the new pipeline does not come without its own problems and

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By Katherine Cole Washington 30 April 2006 Often called

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By Alan Silverman Hollywood 06 January 2007 In a world without babies, a newborn child could be the key to humanity's future in a dark and compelling thriller co-written and directed by Mexican-born filmmaker Alfonso Cuaron. Alan Silverman has this

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By Amberin Zaman Ankara 25 April 2006 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is in Ankara for talks with Turkish leaders on Iran's nuclear program and developments in neighboring Iraq. U.S. Secretary of

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By Amberin Zaman Ankara 04 January 2006 In December a private Turkish airline began flying between Istanbul and Irbil, the capital of Iraq's Kurdish-controlled northern region. Company officials say b

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By Lisa Bryant Paris 12 November 2007 The international climate change panel that won this year's Nobel peace prize is holding a meeting in the Spanish city of Valencia this week to draft a key report on global warming. Environmentalists hope the doc

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World markets have fallen, despite the fact that a U.S. financial rescue package cleared its first hurdle, passing by an overwhelming margin in the U.S. Senate. From Washington, VOA's Michael Bowman reports. World markets might have been expected to

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By Leta Hong Fincher Washington 28 March 2008 In U.S. politics, there are mounting calls for Senator Hillary Clinton to end her campaign for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination. Mathematically, observers say Clinton cannot catch up with ri

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By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 23 August 2007 An influential U.S. Senate Republican says President Bush should announce an initial withdrawal of troops from Iraq on September 15. Senator John Warner of Virginia made his comments to reporters Thursday,

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The Trump administration is making new moves to combat a national health crisis. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Drug overdoses are now the leading cause of accidental death in our country. And opioid ov

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In Bangladesh, local elections held in the country are being described as an important first step in restoring democracy. As Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, these were the first elections in the country since an army-backed government cancel

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By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 01 February 2007 U.S. Senate Democratic and Republican leaders have reached a deal on a nonbinding resolution expressing disagreement with President Bush's decision to send more troops to Iraq. VOA's Deborah Tate reports

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By Dan Robinson Washington 08 March 2006 A key committee of the U.S. Congress has approved legislation aimed at stepping up pressure on the government of Sudan because the situation in Darfur. A measu

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Istanbul's chief prosecutor says 86 people will be prosecuted under terrorism laws for attempting to overthrow the government. Dorian Jones reports from Istanbul the indictments were made while the ruling Islamic AK Party is facing closure on charge

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Turkey's ruling AK Party Thursday defended itself in the country's constitutional court against charges it is undermining the secular state. The party is facing dismantling, and dozens of its leaders, including the prime minister and president, a po

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By Jim Malone Washington 05 May 2008 Democratic presidential contenders Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are making a final push for support on the eve of Tuesday's primaries in Indiana and North Carolina. VOA National Correspondent Jim Malone has th

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The Republican National Convention featured no shortage of attacks on Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, and signaled the Republican strategy in the coming general election campaign. VOA National correspondent Jim Malone reports from th

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16 June 2006 Hoshyar Zebari Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari says the role of Iraq's neighbors is key to bringing stability to his nation. But he says that, so far, most of them have not been very helpful. The Iraqi foreign minister made his co

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Democrats are getting clearer on their priorities for 2020. And one of them is voting rights. Here's NPR's Miles Parks. MILES PARKS, BYLINE: Stacey Abrams took the stage in Atlanta on Tuesday night for the Democratic response to

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